1. The center of this motif is a traditional round center ring. Originally, the ring would be tatted, closed and the thread cut. Thus creating two tails to hide in the work. Instead we can eliminate that set of tail by tatting one less picot on the ring starting and ending with a full set of double stitches, closing the ring and using both threads create a mock picot to climb out into the next round.

2. Round 2 is tatted with chains showing picots and which join to every other picot on the center ring, up to the last picot. Here the chain is stopped where the last picot would be placed and the shuttle thread taken over to the mock picot and attached. Faux double stitches are wrapped upon this bare thread back to the picot on the chain, aka a split chain. This picot then becomes another mock picot to climb out of the round.

2. Round 3 is tatted all in chains with decorative picots. The chain joins to each picot of round 2. Continue work up to the middle picot of the last chain. Again take the bare thread over to the previous mock picot and attach; work back with wrapped double stitches creating a second split chain.

3. Double Stitch count for the first three rounds.

4. Round 4 exits with a mock picot into round 5.

5. Round 5 begins with a split ring. The mock picot of round 4 functions as the center picot for the split ring. The remainder of the round is a chain alternating with trefoils and single rings. Tat the last chain up to the third to last picot. Create again the split chain and exit into round 6 with a mock picot.

5. Double Stitch count for round 5.

6. Round 6 begins with the mock picot which climbed into the round and continues a chain around. Rings are thrown off both above and below the line of progression. (This means that although the pattern can be worked with a ball and a shuttle, it would be more efficient to use two shuttles.)

6. Double Stitch count for round 6

Study the red lines in the diagram to follow the path which allows the tatter to tat this entire piece of lace without cutting the thread. This method leaves only 2 tails to hide instead of 10.